Category: Advocacy

All: Here is a copy of the PPT presentation on housing ideas from a seminar Bob Lane and I gave recently on Low Wages – High Housing Costs….there may be useful information in here for those of you working on housing issues, particularly some ideas that came up an earlier community conversation…

Trinity Center, a day respite center for homeless singles in Walnut Creek, is working with the City of Walnut Creek to host an emergency winter evening shelter from December 12, 2015 through March 12, 2016. The 90 day program is open to Trinity Center members only who sign up for…

Thank you! Now that everyone is settling back into the church year, its time for an update on California Equity Ministry. It was a full summer with over 5000 miles logged, 6 different gatherings in three different regions of the state, countless conversations with clergy and colleagues and an unmeasurable…

The New York Times reported on July 25, 2015 that Judge Dolly M. Gee of Federal District Court for the Central District of California has ruled that the Obama administration’s detention of children and their mothers who were caught crossing the border illegally is a serious violation of a longstanding…

Over the next few weeks, we will be doing workshops with several eager congregations where we hope to share the message of equity but most importantly, we hope to learn directly from the people on the ground where they are at in terms of understanding race, class and culture as…

We’re back from UUA General Assembly and ready to get to work on the California Equity Ministry. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Faithify campaign! Your financial support took us over the top and we raised $4248 online to do this important work! We can still use your…

The Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California is proud to act as a partner to the Restaurant Opportunities Centers in working to win justice for restaurant workers in our state and across the nation. Here is their latest report on what’s happening in the struggle for fair wages and decent…

We can all do more: we can conserve grey water for other uses, we can shorten our showers, we can install water saving nozzles and high-efficiency appliances. We need to do as much as we can as individuals, congregations and communities to reduce our unnecessary use of water. And industry…

At the core of California’s broken tax system is Prop 13. This piece of legislation, passed in 1978, has created loopholes that only serve to exacerbate the wealth gap and punish our communities and our children. We are called as people of faith to take on these power dynamics. Please…

Please sign up to get more information regarding the New Sanctuary Movement and how your congregation can be a part of it. There will also be a workshop on the New Sanctuary Movement at Walking the Walk, November 14-16. Click here to sign-up for more information on the New Sanctuary…